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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Conference Paper

This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) describes the Family Options Study, which is a random assignment study examining the impact of housing and services for homeless families in twelve communities…

Stakeholder Resource

The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness developed these criteria and benchmarks as part of the Opening Doors strategy to help communities take steps toward ending homelessness by 2020. The guidance can help communities define the vision of…

Research-To-Practice Brief

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief examines the well-being of adolescents who had recently experienced homelessness with their families. The brief uses data from the Family Options Study to explore the housing situations,…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Connecticut Department of Social Services would like to know if any TANF lead agencies use “housing search” as an approved work activity for homeless or transitional housing TANF participants.

Research-To-Practice Brief

This research brief, the first in a series that will draw on data from the Family Options Study, answers questions about family homelessness. The findings suggest that homeless families in the study reported participation in most safety net programs…

Stakeholder Resource

The resources and services available through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program are critical to ending family homelessness. State and local TANF programs can provide access to critical work opportunities and support services…

Research-To-Practice Brief

Access to stable, permanent housing is essential to ending homelessness among families. It serves as a platform for these families to be successful in other areas, assuming they have access to various other supportive services such as child care and…

Stakeholder Resource

The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness has set a national goal to prevent and end youth homelessness by the year 2020. This paper provides a preliminary vision for a coordinated community response to achieve this goal. The information…

Stakeholder Resource

These podcasts were produced in partnership between U.S. Department of Labor, Employment…

Report

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Family Unification Program (FUP) provides low-income families in the child welfare system with housing vouchers. FUP is critical to understanding the overlap between the child welfare…

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